Communal incidents not organised: Hyderabad Police Commissioner

November 06, 2012 09:37 am | Updated June 22, 2016 12:49 pm IST - HYDERABAD

The communal incidents reported in the past few weeks in Hyderabad were not organised but were consequences of spontaneous reaction of some people, the Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma said on Monday.

Addressing a press conference, the Commissioner observed that the violence at Kulsumpura, Musheerabad and Shah Ali Banda were isolated and had no connection. He appealed to people not to give credence to rumours about communal violence.

34 cases

So far, police registered 34 cases with regard to different incidents and arrested 35 persons. He said no particular community was targeted by the police and arrests were being made based on incriminating evidence.

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